On Mar 8, 2010, at 10:54 PM, ubiquitous1980 wrote:

> Roy, without being presumptuous, I would say that using D.E. (Desktop
> Environment) tools for printing are not the best because of
> inconsistency in layout and authentication problems.  My suggestion is
> to open up your web browser and use localhost:631 in the address bar to
> access CUPS and do it this way.  My line of reasoning is that you want
> consistency, which is what you get with this method.  Printers
> configured in this way are available in your chosen D.E.  In my
> use-case, I have an HP usb printer which can connect via cat 6 cable and
> I also use KDE 4.3.  I have configured the printer with CUPS via a web
> browser and have few issues.
> 
> I trust that helps.
> 
> Damien
> 

I agree, but am wanting to give kde 4.4.1 a try at handling the printer just to 
see if it can do it.  Currently the answer is either no or I haven't found a 
required configuration change.

Thank you,
Roy


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